This topic describes the release notes for Simple Application Server and provides links to the relevant references.
January 2024
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Region | Simple Application Server is available in the Philippines (Manila) and Thailand (Bangkok) regions. You can purchase simple application servers in regions that are closest to your customers to ensure stable and quick website access speed. | 2024-01-05 |
October 2023
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Server monitoring | Simple Application Server is connected to CloudMonitor. You can view the monitoring metrics of simple application servers in the CloudMonitor console. This helps you understand the resource usage of servers and improve O&M efficiency. | 2023-10-24 | View the monitoring information of a simple application server |
September 2023
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Data migration from source servers to simple application servers | Data can be migrated from lightweight servers of third-party cloud service providers to Alibaba Cloud simple application servers by using Server Migration Center (SMC). Examples of lightweight servers of third-party cloud service providers include Tencent Cloud Lighthouse, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lightsail, and Huawei Hyper Elastic Cloud Server (HECS). | 2023-09-20 |
July 2023
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Data migration from a simple application server to an ECS instance | If your current simple application server cannot meet your business requirements, you can use SMC to smoothly migrate data from the simple application server to an Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance to obtain more flexible resource configuration solutions. | 2023-07-06 | Migrate data from a simple application server to an ECS instance |
November 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Connection to Linux servers as a root user on Workbench | You can connect to your Linux simple application server as a root user on Workbench. | 2022-11-30 |
October 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Installation of SSL certificates | If a domain name is bound to your simple application server, you can install an SSL certificate on the server and configure HTTPS access to the domain name. This way, the data transmission protocol is changed from HTTP to HTTPS at a low cost. Authentication and encrypted data transmission are implemented on websites. This prevents data tampering or leaks during data transmission. | 2022-10-17 |
August 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Image | The following OS images are published:
| 2022-08-24 |
May 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Mounting and extension of data disks | If you fail to mount a data disk to your simple application server when you create the server, you can mount a data disk to the server after the server is created. You can also extend an existing data disk after a simple application server is created. | 2022-05-18 |
April 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Console optimization | To improve the user experience and use of the product, Alibaba Cloud optimizes the Simple Application Server console in the following aspects:
| 2022-04-24 | |
Service interconnection | Simple application servers can communicate with other Alibaba Cloud services that reside in virtual private clouds (VPCs), such as ECS and ApsaraDB. | 2022-04-18 |
March 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Getting started | The document "Getting started" is added to the help center of Simple Application Server. The basic knowledge, process for getting started, use method of the console, billing methods, and FAQ about Simple Application Server are provided in the document. | 2022-03-19 | |
Feature overview | The document "Feature overview" is added to the help center of Simple Application Server to help you better understand and use Simple Application Server. | 2022-03-18 |
January 2022
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Image | The following application images are published:
| 2022-01-07 | None. You can obtain the information about the images on the server buy page. |
December 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Firewall | A new firewall rule restricts IP source to be used. You can also disable specific ports on firewall. | 2021-12-22 |
November 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Resource plan | Resource plans for simple application servers that use enhanced SSDs (ESSDs) are published. | 2021-11-23 |
September 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Custom image | Custom images that you created can be copied to other regions. | 2021-09-14 | |
Server resetting | Custom images can be used to reset simple application servers. | 2021-09-14 |
August 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Image | The following images are published:
| 2021-08-09 | None. You can obtain the information about the images on the server buy page. |
January 2021
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Custom image | A custom image is created based on a snapshot of a simple application server. You can use a custom image to create multiple simple application servers that have the same configurations. You can also share custom images to ECS and use the shared images to create ECS instances or replace the OSs of existing ECS instances. | 2021-01-14 |
October 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
OS image | The following OS images are published:
| 2020-10-23 | None. You can obtain the information about the images on the server buy page. |
August 2020
Feature | Description | Release date | References |
Region | Simple Application Server is available in the following regions outside the Chinese mainland: US (Virginia), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), India (Mumbai), and UK (London). | 2020-08-05 |